Revolves

Most of the tutorials for installing zencoding are outdated, explaining the installation of 0.5.x versions, which has a completely different hierarchy.

First of all, a new version (as of now), 0.6.1 has been released. If you have just 0.6, then get this new one. Also, delete any previous attempts of installation, i.e. delete any project you created to install zencoding (probably called zencoding), or this won’t work.

1. Create a new general project called zencoding.
2. The zip of zencoding you downloaded should have bunch of .js files, along with a directory called filters again having a bunch of .js files. Ignore the _MACOSX folder.
3. Create a new folder called scripts in your zencoding project directory, and copy all the zip file contents into it (except for _MACOSX).
4. Start/Restart Aptana Studio, right click on the project explorer, and select Refresh (or simply press F5).
5. Now, zencoding should appear in the scripts menu. The shortcut ALT+E doesn’t work, and I’ll post a solution soon.
6. To use zencoding, type a sample syntax, select it, and then select Scripts -> Zen Coding -> Expand Abbrevations.

If that still doesn’t work, post a comment below, and we’ll see what we can do.